@article{ref1,
title="Neighbourhood crime and adolescent cannabis use in Canadian adolescents",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2014",
author="de Looze, Margaretha and Janssen, Ian and Elgar, Frank J. and Craig, Wendy and Pickett, William",
volume="146",
number="",
pages="68-74",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Although neighbourhood factors have been proposed as determinants of adolescent behaviour, few studies document their relative etiological importance. We investigated the relationship between neighbourhood crime and cannabis use in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: Data from the 2009/10 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey (n=9134 14- and 15-year-olds) were combined with area-level data on crime and socioeconomic status of the neighbourhood surrounding the schools (n=218). <br><br>RESULTS: Multilevel logistic regression analyses showed that after individual and contextual differences were held constant, neighbourhood crime related to cannabis use (OR 1.29, CI 1.12-1.47 per 1.0 SD increase in crime). This association was not moderated by parental support nor having cannabis-using friends. The amount of explained variance at the neighbourhood level was 19%. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Neighbourhood crime is an important factor to consider when designing interventions aimed at reducing adolescent cannabis use. Interventional research should examine the effectiveness of community-based interventions that target adolescents through parents and peers.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.11.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.11.005"
}